Baseball Patriot League championship series, Saturday DH starts at noon at Doubleday Field See page 19. OINTER IEW ® P VOL . 66, NO. 18 SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF W VE S T POINT , THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY MAY 14, 2009 2009 ALUMNI AND GRADUATION WEEK INFO SCHEDULE, pages 10 & 11 FORCE PROTECTION, page 3 “The winner of the 2008-09 Cadet Choice Award is ...” Buffalo Soldier Michael Uslan (right), executive producer of “The Dark Knight,” holds the 2008-09 Cadet Choice Award he received from the Corps of Cadets during a lunchtime ceremony May 8. The Cadet Choice Award is presented annually to the actor, screenwriters and producers of a movie character that best embodies value-based leadership. Pictured with Field lot gets Uslan are Firstie Larry Choate; Cadet First Captain Ben Amsler; Firstie Cristin Browne, U.S. Corps of Cadets public affairs officer/S-2, who oversaw the contest; and Uslan’s wife, Nancy. ERIC BART E LT /PV pattern facelift By Maj. Derek Stanton West Point honors 6 distinguished graduates Directorate of Emergency Services By Emily Tower Battalion. He later deployed to Northern Iraq Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. The Directorate of Emergency Services Staff Writer in 1991 in command of the 325th Airborne On Nov. 5, 1966, Foley’s company in conjunction with the Directorate of Public Battalion Combat Team. As a brigade encountered enemy forces after being ordered Works has modified the traffic pattern at The West Point Association of Graduates commander, he led efforts in Haiti in 1995. to assist another company. He ran to the enemy Buffalo Soldier Field parking lot. plans to honor six distinguished graduates at He also served as executive assistant to the to command the company and was wounded, The major change to traffic is for vehicles 11 a.m. Tuesday during the alumni exercise Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, special according to his Medal of Honor citation. entering the parking lot from the east (Thayer and review ceremony on the Plain. assistant to the Army Vice Chief of Staff He helped move several wounded Soldiers Gate) will no longer be authorized to enter The distinguished graduate honor first was and United Nations observer and operations to medical care and charged the enemy with using the center lane. awarded in 1992. Awardees are nominated by officer for Observer Group Lebanon in 1985- a machine gun he took from a wounded That lane will only be accessed in and out presidents of West Point societies and U.S. 86. Soldier. All the while, he maintained order and from the west (Swift Road) and will be for Military Academy classes and are chosen by As a general officer, Abizaid was the 66th continued to command the battlefield. parking only; not for through traffic. an AOG committee. Commandant of Cadets, assistant division When enemy fire became too heavy, The northern lane will be for vehicles The committee selected retired Gen. commander of the 1st Armored and 1st he ordered troops to take cover while he entering the parking lot from the east, and the John P. Abizaid, retired Lt. Gen. Robert F. Infantry Divisions, commander of the 1st advanced on the enemy alone until wounded southern lane will be for vehicles entering the Foley, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James D. Infantry when it deployed to Kosovo and Soldiers could be evacuated. parking lot from the west. Hughes, retired Gen. Thomas A. Schwartz, was combatant commander of U.S. Central He was wounded again by a grenade but The change is designed to establish retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki and retired Gen. Command, among other duties. refused medical treatment and continued to a systematic flow of traffic to reduce the Donn A. Starry as this year’s distinguished After he retired from the Army, Abizaid engage the enemy. He destroyed three enemy potential for traffic collisions. graduates. was named Annenberg Distinguished Visiting gun emplacement positions and kept up the John P. Abizaid, Class of 1973: Abizaid Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford fight for several hours until the mission was was commissioned into the infantry and University. Among his many memberships successful. Sobriety served at Fort Bragg, N.C., and Fort Lewis, and directorships, he is the Distinguished Following his service in Vietnam, Foley Wash., before attending the Defense Language Chair of the Combating Terrorism Center at was requested by name to be a company Checkpoint Institute. He also studied at the University West Point. tactical officer for the Corps of Cadets by of Jordan in Amman via an Olmstead Robert F. Foley, Class of 1963: Foley then-Brig. Gen. Sam Walker, the Commandant Saturday Scholarship and at Harvard. received the Medal of Honor for actions in of Cadets, in 1969. As a captain, he deployed to Grenada in Vietnam while serving as commander of Foley later commanded a battalion in and Sunday command of a company of the 1st Ranger Company A, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry See DISTINGUISHED GRADS, page 3 2 May 14, 2009 Local and National News Pointer View New info will DPTMS provides parking and force protection info help with Submitted by the Directorate of Plans, • Washington and Cullum roads will • Stony Lonesome Road will be closed Training, Mobilization and Security re-open for normal traffic at the end of the from the intersection with Washington Road ceremony. (in the vicinity of the Catholic Chapel) to the upcoming moves In an effort to keep traffic moving intersection with Schofield Place (entrance Submitted by Directorate of Logistics throughout post during Graduation Week, the May 21 to Lusk housing area) from 7:45 a.m. until following information is provided to help both Stony Lonesome Road will be closed about 8:30 a.m. Those leaving West Point this summer will residents and visitors. to all vehicle traffic from the intersection • Thereafter, Stony Lonesome Road will notice significant changes to the traditional “It includes activities not related to force with Washington Road (in the vicinity of only be open from the intersection with personal property shipment process. protection measures, which are provided to the Catholic Chapel) to the intersection Washington Road to the intersection with The Department of Defense spends nearly alert residents and the workforce to events with Delafield Road near Michie Stadium Schofield Place until the completion of the $3 billion annually to transport and store that could potentially restrict traffic on post,” and Mills Road from Herbert Hall to Stony graduation exercise. household goods of Military personnel and Joe Senger, from the Directorate of Plans, Lonesome Road from 7:30 a.m. until about • All roads around Michie Stadium will their Families. To make this process more Training, Mobilization and Security, said. 8:10 a.m. be blocked to traffic from 6 a.m. until the efficient and to provide top quality service “Plan accordingly and allow more time In support of the Superintendent’s Awards completion of the graduation exercise at for servicemembers, a new transportation for arrivals and for travel around the post,” Review, the following apply: around 11:30 a.m. system was developed. The Defense Personal he added. • Parking for the workforce will be • Delafield Road will be open to move Property System is the new engine of the West Point personnel planning TDY trips allowed in the Central Post Area to include from the Central Post Area to the PX / personal property program. during Graduation Week should not leave Clinton Lot throughout the day. However, 35 Commissary area. Its goals are to: their vehicles parked in Clinton, Doubleday parking slots in Clinton Lot will be designated • Because of the heavy traffic expected • improve the quality of service from and other Central Area lots because of parking for handicapped parking only. at Stony Lonesome and Thayer Gates, those moving companies; restrictions in effect during the week. • Doubleday Lot will be reserved parking wishing to attend the ceremony who live off • streamline the claims process for loss or Doubleday Lot will be reserved parking for special pass holders only until the end of post and are authorized to use Washington damage incurred during a move; for special pass holders only Tuesday, May the review. Gate, (DOD decal and CAC card or military • implement an integrated information 21 and May 22 from 10 p.m. the night before ID card) should do so. management system. until the end of the review each day. May 22 • Park in the Old PX Lot (K Lot) and ride The DPPS is a single Web-based end-to- In support of the Graduation Parade, the the shuttle bus to the Michie Stadium area. end solution and interface. It replaces an aging Tuesday following restrictions apply: Families and visitors can enter Michie Stadium system and provides performance-based For the Alumni Wreath Laying Ceremony • Parking for the workforce is allowed through security checkpoints established at shipment distribution with 24-hour-a-day, and Alumni Review, the following restrictions in the Central Post Area. However, Clinton gates 1, 3, 6 and 6A. seven-day-a-week online access and Web- apply: Lot and the tennis court parking area will • Those entering the stadium will be based self-counseling as well as shipment • Parking for the work force is allowed in be designated for handicapped parking only searched with a magnetic wand. tracking by status. the Central Post Area to include Clinton Lot and Doubleday Lot will be reserved parking Large bags, coolers, backpacks, unwrapped The system provides e-mail notifications, throughout the day. for special pass holders only until the end of packages and umbrellas will not be allowed direct claims settlement with the transportation However, in support of the review the review.